Bag-holder



(No Model.)

P.PEASE.

BAG HOLDER. No. 368,109. Patented Aug. 9, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK PEASE, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,109, dated August 9, 1887.

Application filed December 9, I886. Serial No. 221,062. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK PEAsE, of Lynn, in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improve-z ments in Bag-Holders, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification.

My invention relates to bag-holders, and has for its object the provision of simple and effective means to support and hold the bag in an open condition, so that it may be readily filled.

The invention consists in the details of construction hereinafter described and particularly claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, the figure is a perspective view of the preferred form of de vice, the springarms being represented as adjustable in relation to each other.

Referring to the figure, the spring supporting-arms are shown at A, being composed of fiat bars of metal or other suitable material. Upon the end of each arm is formed or secured a cross -p iece, B, extending approximately horizontal upon either side and conforming as nearly as possible to the curved shape of the bag. Hooks a a are secured to the faces of the pieces B, curving slightly upward and outward, so as to engage with the bag and retain the same in proper position. It is desirable in the manipulation of the device to move the cross-pieces B B toward each other to a slight degree, so that the bag may be readily positioned without straining the ma terial thereof, and it is essential that after the arms are released to engage with the bag they should place asl-ight yielding tension upon the "same, in order that it may be properly distended and held. For these purposes the arms are given a spring action, and this action is secured by bending the arms from the pointf downwardly, as shown in the figure. In manipulating the springarms force may be applied either manually or otherwise.

To adapt the holder for use in connection with bags of different sizes, I provide the arms with an adjustable connection, as shown in the figure, in which the horizontal portions 9 are shown as arranged one upon the other. A

yoke, g, is formed upon each arm, which emg braces the other arm, thus permitting a sliding movement in the direction of the length of the arms. A screw, S, and collar serve to hold the arms in any position desired. The device may be supported in the hand or from a suitable hook, as shown in the figure.

From the construction described above it will be noticed that the supporting-arm Aextends directly between the cross-pieces and in the same vertical plane, with the points of connection between said supporting-arm and the cross-pieces. These points of connection are about the center of the cross pieces. The point of support is over the center of the arm A, and it will be seen that the entire holder is balanced in free suspension and the bag is permitted to be held open and stretched, at the same time being retained directlybcneath the point of support.

I claim as my invention- 1. In combination, the cross-pieces B B, arranged opposite each other, the arms A A, joined to said cross-pieces, the said arms having bent portions f and horizontal portions 9, both of which extend directly in the same vertical plane with the points of connection of arms A with the cross-pieces, and the suspending device, as S, arranged upon the horizontal portions, substantially as described.

2. In combination, the cross-pieces, the

arms A A, having horizontal portions 9 g, the said portions 99 being placed one upon the other and provided with yokes g g, the collar embracing the said horizontal portions, and the screw-eye, all substantially as described.-

Signed at Lynn, Massachusetts, in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK PEASE. 

